European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - August 07, 1978, Darmstadt, Hesse                                The stars and stripes Page 7 remembering the King Avis look alike Rick Saldan of Phila Delphia left appears id the Elvis me Morial show at a new York hotel. At right Elvis Presley fans Gerry Mascio foreground and Carmella Calcavechia inspect Elvis souvenir trashcans on Sale at a tribute and Flea Market held inthe late Star s Honor. A study says life s basics Cost More Washington a prices of Basic rarities continue to outpace Over All in on in the Economy with a rate of Nase of 15 percent in the second Ter of the year an inflation study said Joe Basic necessities Are defined asm shelter medical care and Energy Kab the study said make up nearly 70 rent of the consumption expenditures four out of five households. Household Energy and food purchases j the least Post potable expenditures mortgage and rent payments and wort Bills close  said the study r Gar Alperovitz and Jeff Faux of the ional Center for economic natives. The annual rate of increase of is percent � necessities in the second Quarter was a de up from the 11.4 percent Rale in the three months it said. The Wnent s consumer Price Index creased at an 11.2 percent rate in the Tood Quarter. Hie study said Energy prices increased1 12.3 percent rate in the second Ter More than double the first Quarter of 5.4 percent. Food prices Rose at a percent rate up from 15.7 percent and or prices Rose at a 12.8 percent rate. A 11.4 percent. Medical care costs Rose at a slower rate. Percent Down from 8.7 percent in the Quarter. Jew the first six months Energy prices 2? at an 8.8 percent annual rate. Food Rose at an 11.3 percent rate. Child survives later plunge cult Leader suicide lived lavishly no Gilt. 12 1 percent and medical care. 8.1 Center said Basic necessity Price accounted for 7� percent of the crease m inflation in the second. Up from 73 percent in the first Salt Lake City a Immanuel David a Leader of a religious cult who kept his wife and children isolated in an expensive hotel suite before he killed himself and they plunged to their deaths apparently lived lavishly on Money from followers and an unknown source in Sweden. Vicki Barber a former Salt Lake City Bank clerk said most of the Money orders she cashed for David were for no More than $300. Some were from Sweden and payable on a new York Bank she said sat  say much of the Money David used to pay for the hotel and food or dered from restaurants came from follow ers of his tiny cult. One Follower gave David $21,000, another $11,000 and a third $25,000 for the right to join the group. Last monday David 39, an excommunicated mormon who at times claimed to be god Christ and the holy ghost and believed he had the Power to destroy the head on crash kills Firestone descendant Potomac my. Up a 18-year-old great granddaughter of Harvey s. Fire Stone founder of the Firestone tire and rubber co. Was killed in a head on traffic collision with a Brick Laden  county police said a car driven by Kimberley fire sane of the exclusive Washington suburb of Potomac drifted Over the Center line of the Road and crashed into a flatbed truck. She was pronounced dead at the  Firestone company spokesman said miss Firestone was driving to a summer Job in the office m rep. J. William Stanton. It Ohio. It would have been her last Day of work before beginning her senior year at the Foxcroft school in Middleburg  father is Kimball c Firestone a member of the company s Board of directors and a former vice president of govern ment affairs world killed himself by inhaling Carbon monoxide police say. His body was found tuesday. One Day later Rachel David 38, and her children lined up on the Balcony outside their filth floor hotel room. Witnesses said some of the children leaped voluntarily and some were shoved. An autopsy by the state medical examiner indicated one child resisted. Or. Serge Moore said there were Abra Sions and torn flesh on the Palms of her hands plus broken fingernails. Indicating she held on but was forced to release her grip. After the children fell mrs. David who was born in Sweden and whose parents live in Denmark leaped to her death. One child Elizabeth 13, survived. She remains comatose in critical condition at a Hospital with fractures and internal bleed ing. Dean Longo a Florida police sergeant and David s brother said Salt Lake county and the state would pay for burials be cause the family could not afford the Cost. O Neill temper bullied Carter gop charges Washington up the Republican party saturday accused president Carter of giving a fired government executive a High level White House Job because House speaker Thomas p. O Neill threw a temper Tantrum " in a strongly worded statement. Republican National committee chairman Bill Brock accused Carter of having his priorities mixed up and in the process has Dis played again his weakness in dealing with the leadership in  Brock was commenting on the hiring of Robert t. Griffin to a $51,000-a-year Posi Tion in the office of White House adviser Robert s. Strauss. Griffin a close Friend of o Neill a was fired last week As Deputy administrator of the general services administration. Following Griffin s dismiss. O Neill complained Griffin had received shabby treatment from the White House. Brock called Griffin s White House Job a political payoff to mollify speaker o Neill who threw a temper Tantrum Over the firing of his  unemployment climbs to 6.2 percent the Cost of living continues to go through the roof and president Carter marshals his major forces the vice president his chief inflation fighter and his White House chief of staff and urgently assigns them to solve one of his administration s major problems finding a Job for a political crony of the temperamental speaker of the House Brock said. The Republican chairman quoted Carter As saying of his civil service Reform proposals there is no Way that this legislation. Can possibly Hurt any competent Public  the president might have added Brock said that government employees need not fear losing their jobs regardless of How incompetent their superiors feel they May be it they have friends in High places such As or. O  Brock said Griffin s new Job is a Clear sign of the president s weakness an Al most embarrassing example of How he can be bullied by a congressional Leader "